Van brunt’s jacob’s-ladder (Polemonium vanbruntiae) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 15

Biographical Summary of the Contractor

André Sabourin is a geographer by training, having obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Geography in 1972 from Université du Québec à Montréal. From 1973 to 1988, he practised botany as a hobby and became a self-taught biologist. In 1989, he obtained his first professional contract, from COSEWIC. In 1991, he published a Guide des Crucifères sauvages de l’Est du Canada. In 1991 and 1992, he did research on Van Brunt’s Jacob’s-ladder for COSEWIC, and he submitted his report in 1992. In 1997 and 2000, he returned to the field on behalf of the ministère de l’Environnement du Québec and the Société de conservation des milieux humides du Québec, to help with the conservation of this threatened species. He is the Canadian botanist with the most extensive knowledge on this plant and its habitat.

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